No Need For An Applause Sign

This weekend was both Wesley Weekend and Gina's birthday. There's an alarming trend between Gina and me with events like this: I can't surprise her no matter what I do! I won't go so far as to accuse her of spying, because most of the time it's my own bad acting or a misplaced element of the plan that forces my hand, but I also think her womanly intuition has an extra sensitivity toward surprise hooplas.

This time, my plan for a surprise birthday dinner this Friday, complete with some friends who were available in Blacksburg and a funny card, was thwarted by my own carelessness. I was checking some Webmail on her computer earlier that afternoon at her apartment, when she came to stand by me, and a message with a whistleblowing subject line was staring at her right there on the screen. I still got to see her surprised reaction from finding out about it, but I was embarrassed after having come so close to pulling it off! This trend dates back for at least a year or two now, with something getting in the way of each surprise. One of these days! [insert fist-shaking motion here]

What can I say about Wesley Weekend? It doesn't seem like nearly a year since I participated in my last one. The whole month of April has flown by, just like it always did in college. Mom and my aunt Betty came down to visit and watch the 11:00 performance on Sunday, just as Mom did for the five years I was in Singers. The band still played the "Blues In F" outro music. In a lot of ways, the weekend was the same as if I were still in school. Except this time, instead of practicing my bass for the Sunday performances, I was able to sit back and enjoy watching my friends sing and play. This year's Coffeehouse continued to raise the bar on funny and new Wesley skits, and Glenn had a great variety of tunes picked out for this year's program. I miss it, but I'm glad the Singers are in good hands. To put it succinctly, I had a wonderful time. If you weren't there, you were missed.

Tom has a great article summing up his feelings about finishing his Singers and intramural sports careers over at TSPN today. Reading it brings back many of the same memories of how I felt nearly a year ago as I looked ahead to the daunting prospect of real-world life.